Section 99(1) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland)
Act 2005 (the 2005 Act) provided for the Scottish Charity Register
to be populated, on 1st April 2006, with the details of bodies
which were, at that time, entitled to call themselves a Scottish
charity by virtue of section 1(7) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990.
Since 2006, OSCR has been issuing Annual Return Forms to all
charities. Charities which do not submit a completed
annual return form and accounts for the relevant period have
the year marked as 'Overdue' on the Register after the 9 month
statutory filing period. After 11 ½ months have passed since the
charity's year end date, the charity status is noted as 'Passed to
Compliance Support' where further investigative work is
carried out. After a further 3 months where no documentation
is received, the charity is listed as 'Defaulting'.
Current removals
In respect of the charities listed below, OSCR has carried
out a programme of enquiries to establish whether they are
still in existence and can be found, or whether these have
apparently ceased to exist or operate.
Under section 30 of the 2005 Act OSCR must, where it appears
that a charity no longer meets the charity test and is not
providing public benefit, remove a charity from the Register. A
charity that has ceased to exist or operate does not provide public
benefit, and therefore does not meet the charity test and will be
taken off the Scottish Charity Register.
The Right to a Review
If any of the charities listed above disagree with
our decision to remove them from the Register, they have the
right to ask us to review the decision. To do so the
charity must contact the Review Officer by e-mail or at
the address below within 21 days of the date of this
report. The request for review has to be made in writing and
either:
- delivered in person
- sent by post in a prepaid registered letter or by the recorded
delivery service
- or sent by any electronic means (i.e. fax or email) which will
cause it to be delivered on the same or next day.
The contact details for the OSCR Review Officer are:
Review Officer
OSCR
2nd Floor
Quadrant House
9 Riverside Drive
DUNDEE
DD1 4NY
We will notify the charity of the result of the review by means
of a formal communication within 21 days of the review being
requested.